So far this year, May has been my biggest web traffic month.
I had an average of over 6500 hits per day in May and these were the search terms that brought people to my site:
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<th bgcolor="#008040" align="center" colspan="2"><font size="-1">Hits</font></th>
<th bgcolor="#00e0ff" align="center"><font size="-1">Search String</font></th>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>1</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>69</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">5.79%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">scroll comments</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>2</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>59</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">4.95%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">fantasy names</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>3</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>42</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">3.52%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">oceanside</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>4</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>36</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">3.02%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">scroll</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>5</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>16</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">1.34%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">funny name generator</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>15</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">1.26%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">free timeline generator</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>7</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>14</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">1.17%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">free graph paper</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>8</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>13</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">1.09%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">invetions</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>9</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>12</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">1.01%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">military phrases</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>10</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>11</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.92%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">fantasy map making</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>11</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>10</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.84%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">demon voices</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>12</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>8</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.67%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">alien landscape</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>13</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>8</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.67%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">fantasist</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>14</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>7</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.59%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">chrome girl</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>15</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">funny fantasy names</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>16</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">how fast can a swallow fly</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>17</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">how to write in elvish</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>18</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">military robots</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>19</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">novel title generator</font></td>
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<td align="center"><font size="-1"><strong>20</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-1"><strong>6</strong></font></td>
<td align="right"><font size="-2">0.50%</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="-1">word generators</font></td>
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Now, you might be asking yourself why I'm mentioning this... Well, that's a good question. It's a test, of sorts. A little experiment to see if it's the content or the search terms that make the biggest difference. I'm betting that my hits go up for at least the day or so after I post this and then drop off.
Well, only one way to know for sure!
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